Dress
1957-1958 (designed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Dress of black and gold silk.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk |
| Brief description | Dress, black and gold silk, designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga for Eisa, Spain, 1957-58. |
| Physical description | Dress of black and gold silk. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Ms Joan Robinson |
| Object history | Registered File number 1995/1008. The archivist at the Balenciaga Foundation has dated the fabric of this dress to 1957, though says the style is similar to a 1958 model. If the cost of his Paris salon was out of reach, there were other ways to buy a Balenciaga design. Some were sold less expensively under Balenciaga’s label Eisa in Spain, where labour costs were lower and cheaper fabrics might be used. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.638-1995 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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